K. The Malakar Dominion

“When  peace flowers so too, does the thorns grow in effort to destroy it”

That saying is most apt when applied to the history of the Malakar Dominion. From the time dating to the Great Exodus to 2405 A.C., the lands known as the Southern Kingdoms had largely been ruled by warring bandit princes, robber barons, disposed Kal Warlords, and a few benevolent tribal rulers. The Southern Kingdoms were rife with fractured “kingdoms” that warred with each other over land and resources. When Vol Al’Daya appeared and began to garner support for a unified peaceful nation, this threatened the bandit princes, robber barons, and deposed Kal Warlords way of life that had been largely unchallenged in their stranglehold reign. In 2412 A.C.,  they formed the Malakar Dominion. The ex-Kal Warlord Udkar ki Malak was chosen to lead them (a debatable choice of words as that it is highly likely it was made under the threat of extreme violence).  As Vol Al’Daya was a patient and benevolent leader of men, Udkar was his equal and opposite in almost every way. Brutal in his leadership, it was said that those who failed Udkar were doomed to a short life of pulling his battle chariot along side with his mighty battlehorses (some surviving documents show he even sent his lover and War Commander to her death in this fashion). Were it not for Cyria’s magic saving the day, the dream of the Kingdom of Galea would have perished on 25 Thunder Hawk 2420 A.C. That day, Udkar’s forces nearly succeeded in killing Vol Al’Daya in a deadly ambush. In 2422 Udkar began to assembling a great army of the Goblinesh, Kal mercenaries and the combined forces of the Malakar. In 2438 A.C. the Northern Hills was the stage for the bloodiest battle that cumulated in the defeat and retreat of the Malakar Dominion. Udkar and his Kal forces perished in The Battle of the Orcshields while the Goblinesh and Malakar forces retreated. Even though Udkar perished that day, the Malakar Dominion did not and under leadership of Kron Malak was able to survive assaults to their lands from Olaran forces and  the Kal Empire. For over 5 centuries the Malakar Dominion remained in their own lands, recouping and rebuilding their numbers from their defeat in 2438 A.C. It was not until 2983 A.C. that the Malakar Dominion began to test  its might & muscle outside it borders. Akhan Syvan began his rule with building ‘armies’ to lay siege to smaller kingdoms and city-states. These little assaults lead to the formation of Grayson’s Grey Rangers in 3001 A.C.  to thwart the Dominion’s attacks (consult my tome Anatomy of the Grey Rangers for more information). Akahn’s  eye always remained  on conquering Galea, teaching the belief to many Malakar that it is their right to rule over the lands that were wrongfully wrested from them long ago. Although he never succeeded in his goals to conquer Galea, his delusional teachings and rantings survive to this day in the hearts and minds of a great many Malakarians. 

    Jonkeph Skein
                                                                                       Shaintar: Yesteryears and Today